AmyZed Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Hey- Thought id double check a few things on here as I have heard different stories! I am having a full service- my friend who i trust is doing this. He is using purple royal oil - tells me its good stuff- firstly- is this true? i believe so as i have read a few threads and heard of it- but wanted to make sure The gearbox oil (auto box) hasnt been serviced in my service history- so i think it should be done??? Nissan havent done it. I have history from nissan garages since 2007 since when imported here. A garage tell me you can only get the part to do the gearbox service from nissan- no where else? is this correct? But what i dont know is what oil to put in the gearbox?? my friend is saying purple royal again. Will this all be fine? Also how often should gear box oil be changed in an auto roughly? many thanks in advance!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Royal purple is good oil, i used it in my 350z its got a good rep especially in the states with custom builds as for the gear box i haven't dealt with autos on the zed, but if its anything like the jag auto the oil should be changed every 60-80,000. the issue with just draining an auto box is it doesn't empty the torque converter. don't know if its the same onthe zed,but on the jag its actually reccomended to flush the box, but these are origianlly sealed units. the zed might be different. I know a really good auto box specialist in the east if your interested. its where my jag is going in a few weeks time for a full auto box fluid flush etc. as for what oils checkthe opie website they can tell you fluids for the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMANALEX Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Hey- Thought id double check a few things on here as I have heard different stories! I am having a full service- my friend who i trust is doing this. He is using purple royal oil - tells me its good stuff- firstly- is this true? i believe so as i have read a few threads and heard of it- but wanted to make sure The gearbox oil (auto box) hasnt been serviced in my service history- so i think it should be done??? Nissan havent done it. I have history from nissan garages since 2007 since when imported here. A garage tell me you can only get the part to do the gearbox service from nissan- no where else? is this correct? But what i dont know is what oil to put in the gearbox?? my friend is saying purple royal again. Will this all be fine? Also how often should gear box oil be changed in an auto roughly? many thanks in advance!! Amy, I stock Genuine Nissan Auto Transmision fluid. Nissan say that it is an oil for life and does not require changing, however I have done quite a few Auto. Tranmission fluid changes recently and have supplied quite a few forum members with the same oil. Alex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 if alex has the stuff, get it from him. gear box oil is often very specific or has to be to a specific standard for each car, i'd use what is reccomended for the car. some gear boxes are more picky than others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilp Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 if alex has the stuff, get it from him. gear box oil is often very specific or has to be to a specific standard for each car, i'd use what is reccomended for the car. some gear boxes are more picky than others. This ^^^^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyZed Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 thanks all , i shall buy it from Alex i'm glad i ask these things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMANALEX Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 thanks all , i shall buy it from Alex i'm glad i ask these things Pm received and replied to Amy: Thanks for the referrals guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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